IL – Lecture Regional Studies in Lithuania

Vidmantas Jankauskas (Vilnius Academy of Arts) presents lecture Regional Studies in Independent Lithuania. The Case of Kupiškis Region.
In Soviet Lithuania, local history studies were severely limited to just ethnographic activities. The first regional encyclopedias were Lithuania Minor Encyclopedia (2000-2009, 4 volumes) and Kupiškėnai Encyclopedia (2006-2017, 3 volumes). Several collective monographs, a series of books, and almanac about Kupiškis were published.
Lecture in Lithuanian